Standard for desk-calendars.



No. 813,553. I I PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. F. A. HALE.

STANDARD FOR DESK CALENDARS.

APPLIGATfON FILED MAY 24, 1905.

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F. A. HALE.

STANDARD FOR DESK CALENDARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYM, 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. HALE, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

STANDARD FOR DESK-CALENDARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed May 24, 1905. Serial No. 261.987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. HALE, a citizen' of the United States, and a resident of' Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Irnprovements in Standards for Desk-Calendars, of which the following is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to that class of devices which comprise a base adapted to rest u on a desk and being provided with an inc ined table for supporting a calendar-pad and a second table to which the leaves of the pad may be turned, retaining guide-loops bemg provided for securing the pad 'a'n'd' guiding its leaves from one table to the other.

More particularly, the invention relates to the retalning and guide,rods or,arches and the manner of securing them to the base; and it consists in the structure hereinafter described and which is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective of a modified form of base. Fig. 5 is a detail of the archsecuring mechanism. Fig. 6 is a similar detail showing a modified form of securing-lever, and Fig. 7 is a similar detail indicating the action of the lever.

The base 10 may take the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, in which there are two inclined tables 11 12, united at their inner ends, their outer ends serving as the feet for the standard or base. Located between the two tables so as to cooperate with 5 5 may take a bearing. The middle portion both are a pair of arches 13 14, ormed of a single piece of wire or rod, the middle section of which, 15, forms a connection between the legs at one side of each of the arches, the ends of the rod forming the ends of the other leg in each instance.

The base is socketed, as shown at 16, to receive the ends of the rod of which the arches are formed, the sockets being of such diameter and depth as to prevent material lateral play of the rod. The base is apertured at one side of its median line, as shown at 17, to accommodate the joined ends of the arches and the cross member 15 of the rod, and at one side of this aperture are provided seats, as shown at 18, upon which the rod-section of the rod-section 15 is preferably bent up wardly, as shown at 19.

To the under side of the base 10 and adja cent the aperture 17 is pivoted a lever 20, having a cam-shoulder 21 for engaging the rod-section 15 and force it inwardly, so as to compress the arches 13 14 and cause their opposite ends to bind within the sockets 16, thereby effectually locking them in place. The lever 20 is also provided with a flange 22, projecting forward from the upper edge of the cam-shoulder 21 and adapted to engage the upper face of the portion 19 of the archrod, thus preventing the disengagement of the rod from the cam-shoulder.

The cam-shoulder 21 may be curved and struck from a center other than that of the .pivot 23 of' thelever, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, or it may be straight, as shown at 24, Fig. 6, the pivot 25 being at one side of the median line of the lever.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the table 26 for receiving the leaves of the calendar-pad as they are turned backward is inclined upwardly, to the end that the reverse face of the sheet may be brought into view. In this instance the standard is preferably provided with feet 27 for supporting its rearward end;

I claim as my invention 1. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a base having a socket; an arch having one leg seated in the socket; and means bearing laterally on the other leg of the arch to cause the first-named leg to frictionally engage the walls of the socket.

2. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a base having a socket; an arch having one leg seated in the socket; and alever bearing laterally on the other leg of the arch.

3. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a base having a pair of sockets; a pair of arches formed of a single rod, the ends of the rod forming one leg of each arch and being seated in the sockets and a lever bearing laterally on the arch-connecting portion of the rod.

4. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a base having a pair of sockets; a pair of arches formed of a single rod, the ends of the rod forming one leg of each arch and being seated in the sockets; and a lever bearing laterally and downwardly on the arch-connecting portion of the rod.

5. In a device of the kind described, in

ends of the rod forming one leg of each arch and being seated in the sockets; and a lever pivoted to the base and having a cam-shoulder adapted to bear laterally on the arch-connecting portion of the rod. 4

7. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a base having a pair of sockets; a pair of arches formed of a single rod, the ends of the rod forming one leg of each-arch and being seated in the sockets; and a lever pivoted to the base and having a cam-shoulder adapted to bear laterally on the arch-connecting portion ofthe bar, and having a flange projecting forwardly from the shoulder to engage the top of said portion of the rod.

8. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a'base having a socket; an arch having one leg seated in the socket; and means bearing laterally on the arch for causing the leg to frictionally engage the socket.

9. In a device of the kind-described; a base having a socket, an arch mounted-on the base and having one leg seatedzin the socket, the leg. frictionally engaging the wallsof the socket to secure the arch to the base.

FRANK A.

Witnesses:

LOUIS- K. GrLLsoN, E. M. :KLATOHER; 

